** MON, 9/9: 2-FOR-1 OFF BROADWAY TICKETS, OPERA IN THE PARK, BOOK TALKS, + 10 TUES EVENTS (https://theskint.com/mon-9-9-2-for-1-off-broadway-tickets-opera-in-the-park-book-talks-10-tues-events/?utm_source=the+skint+daily+email&utm_campaign=f4b3d6c12d-EMAIL_CAMPAIGN_2019_09_09_04_59&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_39448ae3bb-f4b3d6c12d-158695401)
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around town today
9/9 various times: free outdoor movies (weather permitting):
50 first dates. the rooftop at pier 17 (south street seaport). >> (https://www.seaportdistrict.nyc/seaport-cinema.html?utm_source=the+skint+daily+email&utm_campaign=f4b3d6c12d-EMAIL_CAMPAIGN_2019_09_09_04_59&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_39448ae3bb-f4b3d6c12d-158695401)
the princess bride . our wicked lady (east williamsburg). >> (https://www.facebook.com/events/342134316487661/?utm_source=the+skint+daily+email&utm_campaign=f4b3d6c12d-EMAIL_CAMPAIGN_2019_09_09_04_59&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_39448ae3bb-f4b3d6c12d-158695401)
9/9 6-8pm (ends today): new york city opera concludes its series of free performances in bryant park with a 75th anniversary concert featuring soloists, a 30-member chorus, and a 30-piece orchestra. bryant park (midtown west), free. >> (https://bryantpark.org/events/2019/09/09/new-york-city-opera-75th-anniversary-concert?utm_source=the+skint+daily+email&utm_campaign=f4b3d6c12d-EMAIL_CAMPAIGN_2019_09_09_04_59&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_39448ae3bb-f4b3d6c12d-158695401)
9/9 6pm doors, 6:30pm show: brooklyn foodie power couple, actress debi mazar (younger) and chef gabriele corcos, dish on sustainable food and blissful eating with carbface’s laurie woolever at brooklyn historical society (brooklyn heights). $15. >> (https://www.eventbrite.com/e/the-dish-on-sustainable-food-and-blissful-eating-with-debi-mazar-gabriele-corcos-tickets-68010660717?utm_source=the+skint+daily+email&utm_campaign=f4b3d6c12d-EMAIL_CAMPAIGN_2019_09_09_04_59&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_39448ae3bb-f4b3d6c12d-158695401)
9/9 6:30pm: a country for brown kids: writers tina chang (hybrida) and mira jacob (good talk) discuss the current political atmosphere and raising children of color in today’s america with literary critic and scholar sonya posmentier (the new york times book review) at nypl mid-manhattan library. free (rsvp). >> (https://www.nypl.org/events/programs/2019/09/09/tina-chang-and-mira-jacob?utm_source=the+skint+daily+email&utm_campaign=f4b3d6c12d-EMAIL_CAMPAIGN_2019_09_09_04_59&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_39448ae3bb-f4b3d6c12d-158695401)
9/9 6:30pm: nypl hosts a screening of at the heart of gold: inside the u.s.a. gymnastics scandal, followed by a conversation with former gymnast and director of the wayne county sexual assault forensic examiners program trinea gonczar, producers david ulich and dr. steven ungerleider, and the new york times investigative reporter rebecca ruiz. nypl stephen a. schwarzman building (midtown west), free (rsvp). >> (https://www.nypl.org/events/programs/2019/09/09/heart-gold-screening-and-talkback?utm_source=the+skint+daily+email&utm_campaign=f4b3d6c12d-EMAIL_CAMPAIGN_2019_09_09_04_59&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_39448ae3bb-f4b3d6c12d-158695401)
9/9 6:30pm: t-rextasy, proper., and noods play baby’s all right (williamsburg). $12. >> (https://babysallright.ticketfly.com/e/t-rextasy-proper-noods-62680332562/?utm_source=the+skint+daily+email&utm_campaign=f4b3d6c12d-EMAIL_CAMPAIGN_2019_09_09_04_59&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_39448ae3bb-f4b3d6c12d-158695401)
9/9 7pm: select contributors to indelible in the hippocampus: writings from the me too movement discuss their essays, fiction, and poetry presented in the new collection. mcnally jackson (soho), free. >> (https://www.mcnallyjackson.com/event/indelible-hippocampus-writings-me-too-movement-prince-street?utm_source=the+skint+daily+email&utm_campaign=f4b3d6c12d-EMAIL_CAMPAIGN_2019_09_09_04_59&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_39448ae3bb-f4b3d6c12d-158695401)
9/9 7:30pm: award-winning writer dina nayeri weaves her life’s story with those of other refugees and asylum seekers in a talk on her new book, the ungrateful refugee: what immigrants never tell you, in conversation with polymath padma lakshmi. strand bookstore (union square), purchase of the book ($26) or $15 gift card required for admission. >> (https://www.strandbooks.com/event/dina%2Dnayeri%2Dthe%2Dungrateful%2Drefugee?utm_source=the+skint+daily+email&utm_campaign=f4b3d6c12d-EMAIL_CAMPAIGN_2019_09_09_04_59&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_39448ae3bb-f4b3d6c12d-158695401)
9/9 7:30pm (weekly): brendan gay and charles engle battle with topics chosen by the audience to see who gets to host the freestyle comedy show. this week’s show features comics jay mcbride (netflix), sarah tollemache (colbert), dave ross (comedy central), and maddy smith (mtv). bonus: free pizza. the map room at the bowery electric (east village), free with rsvp, $5 without. >> (https://www.eventbrite.com/e/free-pizza-at-freestyle-comedy-comics-on-netflix-comedy-central-etc-tickets-70762896729?utm_source=the+skint+daily+email&utm_campaign=f4b3d6c12d-EMAIL_CAMPAIGN_2019_09_09_04_59&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_39448ae3bb-f4b3d6c12d-158695401)
9/9 7:30pm doors, 8pm show (weekly): the butterboy comedy show, helmed by jo firestone, aparna nancherla, and maeve higgins with dj donwill, returns with stand-up by anna drezen (snl), deanne smith (craig ferguson), brian parise (last week tonight), lawrence deloach, and mandal. littlefield (gowanus), $8 adv, $10 dos. >> (https://www.littlefieldnyc.com/e/butterboy-with-jo-aparna-and-maeve-68094112323/?utm_source=the+skint+daily+email&utm_campaign=f4b3d6c12d-EMAIL_CAMPAIGN_2019_09_09_04_59&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_39448ae3bb-f4b3d6c12d-158695401)
9/9 8pm (monthly): necromancers of the public domain: every month, theater of the apes plucks a long-forgotten book from the shelves of the new york society library and resurrects it as a low-budget variety show. tonight’s inspiration: 1913’s women as world builders: studies in modern feminism, by floyd dell. the tank (midtown west), $15. >> (http://www.theater-of-the-apes.com/current-productions/necromancers-public-domain/?utm_source=the+skint+daily+email&utm_campaign=f4b3d6c12d-EMAIL_CAMPAIGN_2019_09_09_04_59&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_39448ae3bb-f4b3d6c12d-158695401)
9/9 8pm (weekly): enjoy stand-up in the basement gallery of an italian restaurant at the future forms comedy show, hosted by mary houlihan (the best show), joe rumrill (the chris gethard show), and sam taggart (comedy central). tonight’s lineup includes mike hanford, chanel ali, francesca d’uva, ana fabrega, and matt porter. serafina ludlow (les), free. >> (https://www.facebook.com/events/526949074777413/?utm_source=the+skint+daily+email&utm_campaign=f4b3d6c12d-EMAIL_CAMPAIGN_2019_09_09_04_59&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_39448ae3bb-f4b3d6c12d-158695401)
9/9 8:30pm (monthly): comedian myq kaplan (comedy central) hosts myq kaplan and friends, with benefits, an evening of stand-up to support a different charity each month. tonight’s performers include shelby taylor + caitlin cook, brittany carney, jordan jensen, and dave ross. q.e.d. (astoria), $6 admission benefits third wave fund. >> (https://qedevents.eventcalendarapp.com/u/17247/43989?utm_source=the+skint+daily+email&utm_campaign=f4b3d6c12d-EMAIL_CAMPAIGN_2019_09_09_04_59&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_39448ae3bb-f4b3d6c12d-158695401)
9/9 8:30pm: the waystation companions present as you wish it or the bride princess or what you will, a staged reading of the princess bride with a shakespearean twist. the way station bar (prospect heights), free. >> (https://www.facebook.com/events/519249432177736/?utm_source=the+skint+daily+email&utm_campaign=f4b3d6c12d-EMAIL_CAMPAIGN_2019_09_09_04_59&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_39448ae3bb-f4b3d6c12d-158695401)
9/9 9pm doors: maneka, grivo, and field mouse play mercury lounge (les), $12. >> (https://www.eventbrite.com/e/mobile-mondays25th-anniv-of-big-ready-to-die-w-easy-mo-bee-tickets-71612012457?utm_source=the+skint+daily+email&utm_campaign=f4b3d6c12d-EMAIL_CAMPAIGN_2019_09_09_04_59&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_39448ae3bb-f4b3d6c12d-158695401)